Being a Special Needs Parent is Stealing my “Me”
Sometimes parenting special needs makes us feel depleted. How do we get the energy to care for the “me” in the “we”? One of the most difficult …
ADHD Finances 101
If you have ADHD and struggle with finances, you are not alone. Are you aching to move out of Mom and Dad’s house or balance your family’s budget? Perhaps …
Fear, Aging and Memory Loss
Some people fear memory loss as they age. Sometimes we even make up excuses to justify the forgetful things we do. For me, it was “maternal dementia” while …
How to Create a Healthy Life, with Healthy Thoughts
I have been trying to live a healthy life. Does living a healthy life mean physically healthy, or mentally healthy? “Your heart rate is forty beats per …
Memory Loss! Is it ADHD, Menopause….?
Or Normal Stuff? Where Did I Put My Keys? Memory Loss: That feeling of frustration rushes over me again. Harried, I arrived home from a weekend of entertaining …
When Special Needs Kids Take Flight
by Jane Kramer~ Standing together at the hotel desk, my stomach churned. “Numero Uno”, a nickname her Papa gave her, was scowling. She looked at me and …
Don’t Forget Siblings of Special Needs!
by Jane Kramer~What about ME, mom? At five years old, my middle daughter did not want us to have a third kid in the worst way. In retrospect, it probably …
Balance for Special Needs Families
by Jane Kramer~ There is nothing like the heartache of parents watching our children struggle in life. Whatever the special needs of our children are, we want …
Parents, We Are Growing Too!
by Jane Kramer~ As I moved slowly and sometimes achingly through the gentle yoga class, my mind wandered to all the ways I want to work on myself. Bring my …
Becoming an “Archaeologist of Life”
by Jane Kramer~Tears welled as the captioned photo book, Acadia, the first of many journeys flapped shut. The thrill of young love remembered caused a shiver …